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[quote=Anonymous]People join for multiple and various reasons. I don't know if this is a good enough reason to "choose West Point" or any other academy, but some students do choose service academies primarily because there is no cost to attend. They are eligible to be admitted to other "elite" schools but may be admitted full pay and not have the funds to attend or the willingness to take out loans. "Doughnut hole," etc.  I have talked to people for whom this was, in fact, the case. They did their 5 years of active duty and then went on to do something else. Some are athletes who may not otherwise have been admitted, but for athletics.

Some people legit want to be in the military and see this as a good stepping stone. Yes, they could do ROTC or OCS out of college, but this isn't the same thing as saying you graduated from a service academy. They may be from military families or had family members who graduated from the academies. If you know you want to join the military anyway, why not try for a service academy where you are an officer upon graduation?[/quote]

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